Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Three-Year-Old Girl Pointed Police To The Man Hiding In A Closet Who Slashed Her Mommy, Allegedly...Police Say It Was The Child's Father, Khiree Devon Atkinson

Police in Brooklyn Center responding to a report of a bleeding woman found blood and glass all over the place, and a victim who said she tripped over a laundry basket into a picture frame. In another room, sitting "straight up and very still" on the edge of a bed, officers located the woman's three-year-old girl. They asked the little girl how mommy got hurt and the child told police...

...that her daddy cut her mommy with a piece of glass. Officers asked how this happened and the girl held out her own arm and made a slicing motion. Naturally, the next question by police was where to find daddy. The child pointed to a closet and "after much hesitation" the defendant came out, with blood on his pants, socks, sandals and "bare upper body." Initially, Khiree D. Atkinson tried to lie to police about his name, (allegedly) but once police determined the name of the guy hiding in the closet they also discovered an outstanding warrant for violating a no contact order (apparently with the same woman) and possession of a pistol. Atkinson was previously featured here on Johnny Northside in a feature I called "jailhouse roster nuggets," when he was charged with aggravated robbery, trespassing, and use or possession of drug paraphernalia. At that time his address was 1526 Emerson Ave. N., the same as it is now. Click here for a link to a mugshot.

Considering this case features an injured woman, a traumatized child, and a man hiding in a closet with a previous weapons arrest, it's fair to say this is the kind of case that gives a police officer nightmares.

That poor innocent child. I wouldn't be surprised if her future is to run the streets wreaking havoc, like the masses of juveniles recently. The children you see in the dollar store, being told to shut the F up or I'll beat your MF ass, etc. These children aren't acting this way because they had good home lives. They've witnessed and been victims of abuse, neglect and worse. They have no compassion for others because no one showed them any.

To my behind-the-scenes commenter asking about a name and whether it has "crossed my desk."

Yes, that particular name is of intense interest to me and I've scrutinized it quite a bit, tried to connect that name with assertions put in front of me anonymously. I've even put that name right in front of the authorities and I believe the authorities are interested in that name, too. But can the authorities get anywhere? Doubt it. I assume people are keeping their mouth shut like they do around here.

So what if it happened earlier in the month? Nobody else covered this awful story and this blog does not kowtow before "timeliness" like a false media idol. A few weeks or a few months later will be just fine. Heck, years later if the story is interesting enough.

Justine Williams, the guy gunned down at 1010 Currie, had an extensive record. I do hope to get something published about him and the other guy shot in downtown very shortly, if I can pull it off. I don't get paid for this and how I am looking forward to retirement after seven years of NOT GETTING PAID FOR THIS.

No You Dont Get Paid For It! Duhh Who Would Pay You? ctfu So Just Shut The Fuck Up & Do It I Mean You Do Have A Passion For Shit Like This Right? Stop Your Bitching You Made This Bed You Lay In It lol.You Havent Been Getting Paiid For It For 7Yrs Now ctfu Why So Shocked and Upset Now lolololol

TO THRE PERSON WHO CLAIMS THAT THE CHILDREN OF THESE LIFE STYLES OFFEN GROW UP TO FOLLOW SUIT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHITE CHILDREN WHO GROW UP AND KILL THEIR PARENTS? THE ONES WHO KILL STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS? THE ONES WHO DO NOT GET THE "THEIR PARENT DIDNT RAISE THEM RIGHT SPILL"? OH OK? ILL WAIT. SEEMS TO ME A LOT OF YOU PEOPLE DONT REALLY KNOW S*** ABOUT WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PEOPLE OR THEIR FAMILIES. BY NO MEANS AM I SAYING THEIR CRIMES ARE JUSTIFABLE BY NO MEANS!! BUT I WILL SAY DONT PLACE A BURDEN ON THESE CHILDREN OF COLOR BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW. EVERYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE COURTS ARE NOT ALWAYS TRUE!!! AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE ARE THREE SIDES TO A STORY!! IM JUST HAPPY THAT THE CHILD AND HER MOTHER ARE OK AND THAT HOPEFULLY THEY DONT HAVE TO SEE OR HEAR FROM THIS MOSTER ANYMORE!!!